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Historical Event on 1/1/1900
Doordrahsan was started.
Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
| 7/9/1969 | Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 11/2/1889 | Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab. |
| 2/16/1980 | The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898. |
| 8/16/1974 | A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977. |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 5/5/2000 | Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'. |
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